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THE TELESCOPE Palomar College . Volume
21
Number
42 ·
A Publication of the Associated Students ·
May 17, 1968 ·
San Marcos, Calif.
92069
Salary hike, Adult Ed. cuts submitted to Governing Board
Submission of a preliminary faculty salary schedule and drastic cuts in the Adult Education budget for the fall were highlights of last Tuesday's Governing Board meeting. Warren Donahue, as spokesman for the Faculty Senate and for the Faculty Salary Committee, submitted a request that the Board consider a salary schedule for next year to range from $8,000 minimum to $16,000 maximum. The Board referred the subject to the administration for study and for a report back to the Board.
Members of Palomar's Dance Ensemble rehearse for the concert
which was held last night and will be continued this weekend.
Student concepts come to life during modem dance perlorrnance Student ideas will come to life again tonight through Sunday beginning at 8 p.m. in the dance studio. Admission is $1 for the general public and 75 cents for students.
Gen. English talks on Vietnnm today Vietnam will be the topic of a lecture and a slide show presented by Major General Lowell English today during the 11 a.m. College hour in P-32. General English is the commanding general of the Marine Corps recruiting depot in San Diego. The lecture is being sponsored by the Inter-Club Council. Following the lecture and slides, General English will take part in a question and answer period in R-5. The General was ordered to Vietnam in December, 1965 where he served as Assis~ant Division Commander, third Marine division, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. His military career started in 1938 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant following his graduation from the University of Nebraska. Prior to World War II, he served aboard the USS Nevada, then in San Diego as a recruit training officer and platoon leader. Later he served with the Seventh Defense Battalion in Samoa. During the second world war he took part in combat on Guadacanal, Bouganville and Guam. Following the war, he was assigned to the academic staff of the Naval Academy for three years, followed by three years on the staff of the Military Academy· as an instructor in Military Psyc.hology and Leadership. In 1967 General English was presented the second star of a major general by General Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, at Marine Corps Headquarters in Washinton D.C.
These performances will feature new dances choreographed by the director, Billie Hutchings. Selections will include "Contempo Baroque II" to J.S. Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in D Major;" "Kaleidoscope--Design and Interplay," based on pure design in line and color and set to contemporary music featuring a mixture of Western and Oriental instruments; and a "mod" version of the Cinderella story titled "The Ballet of Cinderella," which takes place in a discoteque and in c I u d e s other or i g i n a I happenings in setting the plot. Miss Hutchings sees modern dance as an idea "using the human body as the instrument and movement as the medium in order to express an individual's vision. The individual takes his cue from the sensory stimuli in his environment and transposes this input into a unique dance statement, which clarifies the environment for all that see the dance."
YD car rally reset for tonight The Young Democrat Car Rally will have another chance tonight to be successful. Last week's rally ended on a sour note when entrants found many erros in the typing and planning of the course. Entrants for the 100 mile-plus contest of skill and daring will line up in the upper dirt parking lot behind the Student Union from 5 to 7 p.m. The rally is scheduled to end at an all-night restaurant. To win one of the twelve trophies, each car must have two occupants, the driver and a navigator. The cars must make each and every ckeckpoint. Awards will be given to the top three finalists in Powder Puff, sport, open and Volkswagen competition. Rules and general information are on entree forms now on sale in the Student Union for $3.
Nortl1 County college n1erger OJ1pc)sed in BJards resolution A resolution opposing the merger of North County junior colleges and the communities in unaffiliated areas into a single district was formally passed by the Palomar College Board of Governors, April 30. The question comes before voters on the June 4 election in a ballot issue growing out of action by the County Committee on School District Organization, which seeks a single district. That propos a 1 would consolidate Palomar and MiraCosta college districts and add to them the presently unaffiliated high schools districts of San Dieguito and inland areas including Julian and Borrego Springs. The Board resolution charged that such a consolidation would dissipate local control, that the ballot issue does not propose the necessary override tax such a district would require, that the districts can better accomplish their educational objectives in their present status and that such a merger with "the added costs of central district administration will not add greatly to the educational efficiency of the junior college program." The earlier opposition voted by the North County Council of Community Colleges had estimated the increased . cost in administration alone for such a consolidation at $150,000 the first year with yearly increases to follow. The colleges have emphasized that there
w o u 1d be no appreciable savings for either Palomar or MiraCosta under the proposed new setup, and also that the issue was prematurely brought to the election stage without research and study in depth for informing the public of the basic facts and consequences involved in such a merger.
NEWS BRIEFS Reservations for A 1 ph a Gamma Sigma's honors banquet are due today. The banquet will be held next Saturday in the Student Union and is open to all current members, past life members and the faculty. Tne reservations can be handed into either Mrs. Marilyn Crist or Adolph Heyne in F-8.
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Gamma Sigma Chi (girl's Service Club) is offering a $100 scholarship this semester to any transferring sophomore girl. Applications are available from Mrs. Cynthia Poole. The deadline for applications to be turned in is next Wednesday. Anyone applying must be a sophomore transferring from P a 1 om a r this semester. She must have had at least two active semesters here and her grade point aver age must be 2.5 or above. She must also have done service of some kind to the school.
D on a h u e also presented the recommendation of the Faculty Senate that the Principles for Salary Development be resubmitted as originally presented without the changes suggested in previous discussion with the Board and Salary Committee. After consider a b 1 e discussion, the Board directed the President to present the sa 1 a r y principles for adoption with the s u g g e s ted changes incorporated. The Statement on Academic Freedom as approved by the Faculty Senate and
by the Admin is t rat i v e Council was submitted to the Board for information. All Board m e m be r s expressed high praise for the ex c e 11 en c e of the statement. It will be on the Agenda for approval at the next meeting. Theodore Kilman, dean of adult education and community services, submitted a tentative fall Adult Education class schedule, including drastic cuts in Adult Education classes and elimination of all off-campus courses, in connection with general cuts under consideration by the Board to meet the budget problem for 1968-69. These particular reductions were estimated at $32,000, as one of the efforts to shape the tentative new budget into a final figure that will reduce the gap of approximately $600,000 between estimated needs and finances in sight. "We are currently working within a budget that is s c he d u 1 e d for the possibility of an override failure. For example, if the tax override fails, a second nursing education class will not
Hain, McDonald garner vict()ty over touted SO State debate team Gil Hain and Mitties McDonald garnered further honors for Palomar last weekend in defeating the San Diego State's debate team. The topic was, "Resolved that all Americans be guaranteed a minimum annual income." Sponsored by the Mt. Palomar Chapter of B'nai B'rith, the debate took place in the San Diego State Little Theater before an audience which had over 75 percent North County residents, according to Ray Dahlin, speech instructor and team coach. Each participant received individual plaques and the winning college received the perpetual trophy, a huge silverbowl, after defeating the SDS team of Jeff Brown and Steve Baker in a four to one decision. According to Dahlin, the "Income" topic was chosen in August and is used in two and four year college debate competition. San Diego State will visit Palomar next year. Topic for debate is not yet known. Responsible for the first such inter-
collegiate event was Frank Malter, who is program chair m an of the local organization. Malter was master of ceremonies at the debate and pre-debate banquet for the debaters, their parents and friends. Palomar faculty members, Dean Virgil Bergman and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Kremer attended both events. The debate was broadcast live over San Diego radio stations KOGO and KEBS and was also recorded for broadcast over the Voice of America's presentation series. Each college received $150 each for forensic scholarships. Gil Hain, freshman, will receive a major portion of the local scholarship, Dahlin added. Judges for the debate were Albert Spector, Mt. Palomar Lodge president; Judge Charles M. Snell, presiding judge, Superior Court; Edward Butler, city attorney of San Diego; Lou Leiblich, executive director of the United Jewish Foundation, and Adm. Leslie Gehres (ret.), chairman of the board, National Marine Terminal.
Headed for Chile
Lomeli wzns scholarship •
Francisco A. Lomeli, 21, of Vista, a sophomore here, has been named the first Southern California winner of a Rotary International Scholarship. Shortly after his graduation from Palomar in June, Lomeli will travel to the University of Concepcion in Chile, located about 200 miles south of the capital, Santiago. Hailing from Vista High School with the class of 1966, and having maintained a 3. 6 grade average, Lomeli first won the North County Rotary Club nomination for the competition under the sponsorship of the Vista club. He next won regional selection and advanced to the international finals. Upon winning this division, he was to make five preferences of colleges throughout the globe. Rotary Club then chose one out of the five. He will receive full tuition, travel and other expenses for a year's attendance. · He is one of about 50 students selected for university scholarships from among student nominees of 146 Rotary Clubs throughout the world. The University of Concepcion begins its first semester in April and the school year will end in December, which is the beginning ofChile'ssummerseason. The University has a student enrollment of approximately 3,000. Although Lomeli claims he will take general studies there, continuing his major in Spanish, he also included that he is "considering the possibilities of auditing some of the classes to gain more knowledge. " As Lomeli stated, "Chile is one of the only places where they hold national lotteries for maintaining the finances of the educational systems." For instance, with geography and history as his minor, he hopes to be able to draw some comparison of information in certain teaching techniques and more in certain fields in general. Lomeli added that he was "certainly happy and surprised to have been chosen to be a candidate from this district
that includes San Diego, Imperial Valley and Riverside." Basis of the selection of the Rotary winners included their scholastic records, as well as qualities of leadership and good will, and their special abilities to serve as "ambassadors" for their country during the stay among students on a foreign campus. After returning from Chile, Lomeli will make speeches to Rotary Clubs and civic groups. "I find it challenging to be sent to Chile as a student ambassador. I go with very little real knowledge, only general aspects of the country," Lomeli added. Along with his general studies, he plans to include a lot of Spanish litera 7 ture.
be possible, bus service will be eliminated and adult education classes will be cut from the current number of 88 to 28," stated Palomar president, Dr. Frederick Huber. If override should pass
"If the override should pass, however,
we will start drawing up and working with a new budget the very next day, June 5," Huber said. "Publicity for the override will be different this time," Dr. Huber said. "It will be in the form of advertisements and mainly getting correct information to the pub 1 i c so they will know and understand exactly what the issues are." The Board made formal recognition of the Palomar Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers as an employees' organization, in accordance with Board Policy. A statement on the AFT was read by Robert W. Holden, President of the San Diego Federation of Teachers. A detailed explanation was presented by the college architects of proposed repairs to the "Dome" gymnasium to eliminate water leaks and to improve acoustics. Plans and specifications for the project were approved for invitation for bids, and it was estimated that the work might begin by July 1. Gym work not related
Board members emphasized that the estimated $25,000 repair work on the gym was to be paid for out of the Special Reserve Fund, which is legally confined to capital improvements and has no relation to the new budget problem nor to the 19-cent tax override request in the ,June 4 election. It was also pointed out that the elimination of acoustical problems in the gym would make it possible to utilize that space for meetings, programs and other events, as well as possible use for simultaneous classroom sessions. Calls for bids were authorized for various routine supplies and services for the 1968-69 school year. Also authorized was negotiation for agreements to repair and improve portions of the parking lots, to be financed by funds from the student parking fees. The following personnel appointments were approved for the 1968-69 school year: Mr. Robert Larson as chairman of the Counseling Department, Mr. Gene Jackson as c h a i r m a n of the English Department, and Mr. Vernon Barker as chairman of the Physics and Engineering Department; these appointments are for the school year 1968-69. The Board accepted the resignation of James Brown as athletic trainer and equipment manager, effective July 1. Best possible counseling
"The new department of counseling was formed so that more time can be devoted for the best possible counseling for the students," Dr. Huber remarked. At the April 30 meeting the Board of Governors continued its study of a tentative "austerity" budget which would result in drastic cutbacks in curriculum and services in the face of soaring enrollment and correspondingly higher operational costs. First specific action on a list of the curtailments under consideration was a vote to discontinue district bus service for students and to inaugurate an acrossthe-board increase in attendance fees for those enrolling in the Evening, Adult Education and Summer divisions. The overall cut from normal operating funds, sought by the administration on the basis of funds now in prospect, is $492,000. Tax is the key Key to the complex financing problem and curtailments, officials pointed out, is the fate of a 19-cent override tax sought in the June 4 district election. The tax override plea has been defeated twice in district balloting within the last 14 months. The fee schedule adopted for Adult Education, evening and summer session students, was s c a 1e d sharply upward from the old rate of $5. The new fee schedule fixes a graduated scale that ranges from $5 for a course of one-half or one unit, to $10 per course for three units and up to $14 for a course of four or five units of credit. Officials pointed out the schedule of increases will not affect students who are under 21 or students over 21 enrolled for 10 or more class hours.
Francisco Lomeli
Not involved in this fee hike is the Navy and Marine Corps special degree program for career m i 1 it a r y men assigned to Palomar, in which all the. costs are paid by the Navy Department, without expense to the college.